Carnival lyrics


Natalie Merchant


Ive walked these streets
A virtual stage
It seemed to me
Make up on their faces
Actors took their
Places next to me

Ive walked these streets
In a carnival
Of sights to see
All the cheap thrill seekers
The vendors and the dealers
They crowded around me

Have I been blind
Have I been lost
Inside my self and
My own mind
Hypnotized
Mesmerized
By what my eyes have seen?

Ive walked these streets
In a spectacle of wealth and poverty
In the diamond markets
The scarlet welcome carpet
That they just rolled out for me

Ive walked these streets
In the mad house asylum
They can be
Where a wild eyed misfit prophet
On a traffic island stopped
And he raved of saving me

Have I been blind
Have I been lost
Inside my self and
My own mind
Hypnotized
Mesmerized
By what my eyes have seen?

Have I been wrong
Have I been wise
To shut my eyes
And play along
Hypnotized
Paralyzed
By what my eyes have found
By what my eyes have seen
What they have seen?

Have I been blind
Have I been lost
Inside my self and
My own mind
Hypnotized
Mesmerized
By what my eyes have found
In that great street carnival
In that carnival?

Albums

Natalie Merchant - Tigerlily
Natalie Merchant -  Tigerlily

Natalie Merchant - Retrospective 1995-2005
Natalie Merchant -  Retrospective 1995-2005

Natalie Merchant - Ophelia
Natalie Merchant -  Ophelia

Natalie Merchant - The House Carpenter's Daughter
Natalie Merchant -  The House Carpenter's Daughter

Natalie Merchant - Live in Concert
Natalie Merchant -  Live in Concert

Natalie Merchant - Motherland
Natalie Merchant -  Motherland

- Give US Your Poor
 -  Give US Your Poor

Natalie Merchant - Retrospective 1990-2005
Natalie Merchant -  Retrospective 1990-2005

Various Artists - Rare on Air, Vol. 1
Various Artists -  Rare on Air, Vol. 1

Natalie Merchant - Wonder [ENHANCED CD]
Natalie Merchant -  Wonder [ENHANCED CD]